Mach's Principle: From Newton's Bucket to Quantum Gravity / Edition 1

by Julian B. Barbour, Herbert Pfister

Overview

This volume is a collection of scholarly articles on the Mach Principle, the impact that this theory has had since the end of the 19th century, and its role in helping Einstein formulate the doctrine of general relativity. 20th-century physics is concerned with the concepts of time, space, motion, inertia and gravity. The documentation on all of these makes this book a reference for those who are interested in the history of science and the theory of general relativity

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780817638238
Publisher:	Birkhäuser Boston
Publication date:	08/11/1995
Series:	Einstein Studies , #6
Edition description:	1995
Pages:	536
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.05(d)